Tue Nov 10,10:48 AM ET

Models wear creations of bright colours and traditional cloth stitched into figure-hugging mini-dresses at Swahili Fashion Week in Dar es Salaam November 5, 2009. For women in Tanzania's humid Dar es Salaam port city, the "kanga" is must-have material, functioning as an everyday wraparound dress, bath towel, shawl and, when ragged, dish cloth and mop too. Picture taken November 5, 2009. To match Life! Story TANZANIA-FASHION/SWAHILI REUTERS/Katrina Manson (TANZANIA FASHION SOCIETY)

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